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enemyofperfect) wrote2019-10-09 04:59 pm
enemyofperfect) wrote2019-10-09 04:59 pm
Fic with feelings, Doctor Who S8
READ
Some more Iron Bull/Dorian, most notably Pas de Deux by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
CandidCantrix, which is 4k of absolutely lovely Iron Bull POV.
dsudis's The Trial of the Linens, which is tagged Dead Dove: Do Not Eat for very good reason -- it's about institutionalized pederasty in the training of witchers. I keep turning it around in my head, and I don't think it's even the age at which the trainees start being selected for sex with adults that most bothers me -- I think it's the fact that they are selected, with no consideration given to the fact that even a gentle and well-meaning sexual encounter can be deeply traumatic if unwanted. It left me kind of wanting a fic where the problems with the system were even more foregrounded.
And, atjmtorres' recommendation, the incredible Demonology and the Tri-Phasic Model of Trauma: An Integrative Approach by Nnm, which is a novel length Good Omens fic from the point of view of Crowley's therapist. I always want my favorite characters to get therapy, honestly, but I never expected to find a fic that did such an amazing job at it. I'm on the second to last chapter as I write this, but I feel confident recommending it anyway.
GAMED
Lily's Garden and StarCraft II as before, but... I'm feeling awfully conflicted about the latter since learning yesterday that Blizzard stripped a player of his prize money -- and banned him from competing for a year -- when he declared his support for the Hong Kong protestors. I hope that after Blizzard assesses the situation, they reverse their decision and apologize to Blitzchung.
WATCHED
The second half of The Good Place's season premiere, which just makes me even more excited for the rest of the final season. I love this show so much, okay.
Doctor Who through 9x01, "The Magician's Apprentice" (for which there will now be spoilers!). Which means that right now I'm kind of pissed off at the Doctor for leaving a little boy to die, but overall I've been enjoying Twelve much more over this past week's viewing. He's actually smiled a time or two!
I'm very sad about losing Danny. They gave him as good an exit as they've given anyone -- I love him for sending back that poor kid who never chose to live in a war zone -- but I don't want Danny to be gone. He was really my favorite character of season eight, and it chafes to see other characters getting brought back when he isn't. And I guess I can't help but notice how many of my favorite characters that get killed off like this are people of color, most often black. It's not a good pattern.
Otherwise, well... Clara's had some amazingly badass moments, and Missy got just so vastly more interesting to me when I realized who she was. Bringing in a new female character specifically to erotically stalk the Doctor was not really my kind of thing, but finally letting the Doctor's love/hate relationship with his old nemesis culminate in a kiss? Yes, please.
I totally don't buy her telling Clara that it isn't love, incidentally. I mean, I'm sure it isn't just love, and I assume that kissing him was just another way of getting to him, getting more of him; she probably would have enjoyed vivisecting him at least as much, and perhaps more. But she was just being contrary with Clara because it pleases her to be contrary, I think -- it has always been love, as well as other things.
Some more Iron Bull/Dorian, most notably Pas de Deux by
And, at
jmtorres' recommendation, the incredible Demonology and the Tri-Phasic Model of Trauma: An Integrative Approach by GAMED
Lily's Garden and StarCraft II as before, but... I'm feeling awfully conflicted about the latter since learning yesterday that Blizzard stripped a player of his prize money -- and banned him from competing for a year -- when he declared his support for the Hong Kong protestors. I hope that after Blizzard assesses the situation, they reverse their decision and apologize to Blitzchung.
WATCHED
The second half of The Good Place's season premiere, which just makes me even more excited for the rest of the final season. I love this show so much, okay.
Doctor Who through 9x01, "The Magician's Apprentice" (for which there will now be spoilers!). Which means that right now I'm kind of pissed off at the Doctor for leaving a little boy to die, but overall I've been enjoying Twelve much more over this past week's viewing. He's actually smiled a time or two!
I'm very sad about losing Danny. They gave him as good an exit as they've given anyone -- I love him for sending back that poor kid who never chose to live in a war zone -- but I don't want Danny to be gone. He was really my favorite character of season eight, and it chafes to see other characters getting brought back when he isn't. And I guess I can't help but notice how many of my favorite characters that get killed off like this are people of color, most often black. It's not a good pattern.
Otherwise, well... Clara's had some amazingly badass moments, and Missy got just so vastly more interesting to me when I realized who she was. Bringing in a new female character specifically to erotically stalk the Doctor was not really my kind of thing, but finally letting the Doctor's love/hate relationship with his old nemesis culminate in a kiss? Yes, please.
I totally don't buy her telling Clara that it isn't love, incidentally. I mean, I'm sure it isn't just love, and I assume that kissing him was just another way of getting to him, getting more of him; she probably would have enjoyed vivisecting him at least as much, and perhaps more. But she was just being contrary with Clara because it pleases her to be contrary, I think -- it has always been love, as well as other things.